The Boundaries of Our Control

Democracy Now hosted Deborah Campbell’s “Exodus: Where Will Iraq Go Next?” to discuss the displacement of millions of civilian Iraqis from their homes in the past five years. Part of the cultural strategies implemented in war include the disruption of persons from their everyday lives and belongings, such that they are incapacitated on a higher Maslownian level to participate in the active struggle. Without proper shelter, the one in five Iraqis who have fled their homes or been actively displaced have lost a sense of purpose and heritage which, though decentralized from our social reference, is key to theirs.